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post #1411 of 3103
1/26/13 at 8:07am
Believe it or not my XV15 sounds its loudest approx 18' behind and to the right of the main listening position. That is just with a RS SPL meter though. I still need to figure out REW to run some tests as it's a tad boomy back there.
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post #1412 of 3103
1/26/13 at 8:28am
I've added new photos showing the XS30 and comparisons to the Miller & Kreisel V-75 12" sub...
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post #1413 of 3103
1/26/13 at 8:31am
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Originally Posted by mmarki View Post

It definitely is. Saw my neighbor today, he asked "what the hell did you order that showed up on a freight truck?" I told him it was two subwoofers. He said how big are they that they needed to be shipped via freight? Brought him in the house and showed him, he thinks I'm nuts, but he wants to come over to hear them this weekend.
The freight driver thought I was nuts.
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post #1414 of 3103
1/26/13 at 9:20am
Couple of pics of my new HT with dual XV15s. I still have a couple of bass traps to install and then I'll really work on getting them dialed in. Thus far, though, I'm quite pleased.







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post #1415 of 3103
1/26/13 at 9:24am
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Originally Posted by cvinfig View Post

Couple of pics of my new HT with dual XV15s. I still have a couple of bass traps to install and then I'll really work on getting them dialed in. Thus far, though, I'm quite pleased.

Very Nice cvinfig, Really like that HT of yours.smile.gif
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post #1416 of 3103
1/26/13 at 9:56am
now that is one GREAT looking setup
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post #1417 of 3103
1/26/13 at 10:37am
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Originally Posted by cvinfig View Post

Couple of pics of my new HT with dual XV15s. I still have a couple of bass traps to install and then I'll really work on getting them dialed in. Thus far, though, I'm quite pleased.


What kind of speaker mount/hanger is that you have hanging on the left side of this pic? I need something like that for my HT. I have nowhere to mount my right rear surround speaker, I need to hang it from the ceiling and angle it down a bit, that mount of yours looks VERY interesting. smile.gif
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post #1418 of 3103
1/26/13 at 10:51am
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Originally Posted by Slingblayde View Post

What kind of speaker mount/hanger is that you have hanging on the left side of this pic? I need something like that for my HT. I have nowhere to mount my right rear surround speaker, I need to hang it from the ceiling and angle it down a bit, that mount of yours looks VERY interesting. smile.gif

Omnimount 10.0 W/C
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post #1419 of 3103
1/26/13 at 12:07pm
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Originally Posted by Bill Fitzmaurice View Post

That's the fault of the room and the placement, not the subs. Right off I see you have them both in the front of the room, and that's usually a bad idea.

"I did the sub crawl and all! Just a terrible terrible room and seating position."
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Originally Posted by Bill Fitzmaurice View Post

Popping occurs when the driver or amp or both run out of headroom, causing the driver to bottom out or the amp to clip. It means you're pushing the volume too high and/or boosting the low EQ too much, and it's your subs way of telling you don't do that or you will break something.

"quiet pop sound each time I change sources, fast forward chapters, change from stereo to surround, etc.."

Bill, thanks for the comments. Read before posting. Would save a bit of finger tiredness. rolleyes.gif
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post #1420 of 3103
1/26/13 at 12:27pm
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Originally Posted by mrsinister View Post

"I did the sub crawl and all! Just a terrible terrible room and seating position."
"quiet pop sound each time I change sources, fast forward chapters, change from stereo to surround, etc.."

Bill, thanks for the comments. Read before posting. Would save a bit of finger tiredness. rolleyes.gif

Try closing every door in the house, and calibrate. Save the PEQ setting in "Manual", and write down the volume levels for the channels. Then open everything back up, and calibrate. Find a happy medium with the subwoofer gains to cover both setups. I think you'll be real happy with the results, and can switch between them as needed For example, don't have the bedroon door closed at night. Your wife might walk right into it, and be, uhh, somewhat displeased...yes, I speak from experience...
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post #1421 of 3103
1/26/13 at 12:38pm
AHAHAH thanks. thats a good idea!
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post #1422 of 3103
1/26/13 at 12:40pm
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Originally Posted by mrsinister View Post

I did the sub crawl and all! Just a terrible terrible room and seating position.
Move the seats. smile.gif
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post #1423 of 3103
1/26/13 at 12:48pm
I wish! Its a looooong room, (what you see pictured is the short wall). The other end of the room is the dining room. So my couch is sitting in the middle of this long room. Nearly the worst place possible for a couch to be located. Unfortunately, its the only place that works if I want to use my projector/screen. Sad face.
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post #1424 of 3103
1/26/13 at 2:26pm
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Originally Posted by mrsinister View Post

I wish! Its a looooong room, (what you see pictured is the short wall). The other end of the room is the dining room. So my couch is sitting in the middle of this long room. Nearly the worst place possible for a couch to be located. Unfortunately, its the only place that works if I want to use my projector/screen.
You may get better results with the subs located to the left and right of the seating position. With high aspect ratio rooms you'll usually get the best results with the screen on one of the long walls, making the room wide and shallow, rather than narrow and deep.
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post #1425 of 3103
1/27/13 at 9:38am
Here's the first run with the OmniMic...turns out I'm getting more room gain than I thought. smile.gif

Left:


I was very surprised how flat the response was when positioning the XS30 on the left side of the room. It doesn't sound as good as positioning it on the right side but the response isn't quite as flat there. I think it's because when positioned on the right side I'm getting almost a 10db boost around 25hz and I guess I like that. wink.gif

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Notice the NULL that's obviously experienced from the main listening position at 40hz. I guess I need another XS30. LOL! tongue.gif

NOTE: there is no smoothing used on the FR graphs...
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post #1426 of 3103
1/27/13 at 9:58pm
Just watched Battleship. My god, that movie gave these subs a workout. biggrin.gif
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post #1427 of 3103
1/27/13 at 11:36pm
Watched the new Underworld movie tonight in 3D, wow what great sounding movie, lots of Bass when the super-lycan comes out. Plus Kate Beckinsale looking smoking hot as ever is a bonus. Finished the movie just in time for the power to go out for 6 hours because of the snow storm. mad.gif
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post #1428 of 3103
1/28/13 at 4:50am
yep...U;A is now my favorite bass movie by far....just watched WoTW and while very impressive..I just cant watch it over and over again

Watched Brave again last night and great great use of bass in this one...one of the best soundtracks i have heard in a long time
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post #1429 of 3103
1/28/13 at 7:50am
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Originally Posted by Slingblayde View Post

Im kind of lucky when it comes to UPS delivery, the delivery guy lives 3 houses away from me. :-)
He puts stuff on the deck around the back of my house. Fedex has also been decent for me, Purolator is the one that I dont like. I would rather it be delivered by bicycle courier over Purolator.....

Hello Slingblayde,

I sincerely apologize if we disappointed you.

If you would like us to follow up on a particular incident or if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at customer.care@purolator.com, we’ll be happy to assist you.

Best regards,

Catherine Côté
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post #1430 of 3103
1/28/13 at 9:31am
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Hello Slingblayde,

I sincerely apologize if we disappointed you.

If you would like us to follow up on a particular incident or if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at customer.care@purolator.com, we’ll be happy to assist you.

Best regards,

Catherine Côté
Social Media Coordinator / Customer Care Team
Purolator Inc.www.Purolator.com
E-mail / Courriel: customer.care@purolator.com
Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/purolatorhelp

What irks me the most about Purolator is, I pay for example say 27 dollars for shipping an item to me, now most people are at work during the day when delivery trucks try to make a delivery. So I pay 27 bucks or whatever shipping is on my item, and I have to drive over to the Purolator depot half way across the city, to pick my package up myself (the next Day) because they wont leave your item at the door, or around back, at the side of the house, wherever. I pay for the item to be delivered to my door, and I have to go pick it up myself because they dont do a second delivery attempt either. I realize Purolator doesnt want to be responsible for "lost" (read: Stolen) items they have left on someones doorstep but why are people paying for a delivery service when they have to do part of it themselves.
I dont have any recent incidents because I havent used Purolator in years because of the facts I pointed out, and I choose other couriers over Purolator for the same reasons when I choose my carriers during checkout while online shopping.
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post #1431 of 3103
1/28/13 at 9:42am
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Originally Posted by Slingblayde View Post

What irks me the most about Purolator is, I pay for example say 27 dollars for shipping an item to me, now most people are at work during the day when delivery trucks try to make a delivery. So I pay 27 bucks or whatever shipping is on my item, and I have to drive over to the Purolator depot half way across the city, to pick my package up myself (the next Day)
Usually the option to leave a shipment without a signature is the sellers choice. Sometimes you may request that the seller specify delivery without a signature, sometimes you may be able to do so with the shipper. But almost never is it the shipper's call.
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post #1432 of 3103
1/28/13 at 2:39pm
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Originally Posted by Slingblayde View Post

What irks me the most about Purolator is, I pay for example say 27 dollars for shipping an item to me, now most people are at work during the day when delivery trucks try to make a delivery. So I pay 27 bucks or whatever shipping is on my item, and I have to drive over to the Purolator depot half way across the city, to pick my package up myself (the next Day) because they wont leave your item at the door, or around back, at the side of the house, wherever. I pay for the item to be delivered to my door, and I have to go pick it up myself because they dont do a second delivery attempt either. I realize Purolator doesnt want to be responsible for "lost" (read: Stolen) items they have left on someones doorstep but why are people paying for a delivery service when they have to do part of it themselves.
I dont have any recent incidents because I havent used Purolator in years because of the facts I pointed out, and I choose other couriers over Purolator for the same reasons when I choose my carriers during checkout while online shopping.

Hello Slingblayde,

Purolator offers many options that suit your needs. To many points across Canada, we offer an evening delivery service and even a Saturday delivery service. Our deliveries require a signature by defaut but the "signature not required" service can be selected by the sender. If that option is selected on a package, it can be left at the door or at a specified location.

For more information, you can visite our webstie www.purolator.com or contact us at the below email address.

Regards,

Vincent Rioux
Social Media Coordinator / Customer Care Team
Purolator Inc.
www.Purolator.com
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post #1433 of 3103
1/28/13 at 6:22pm
Just ordered a second XS30!

I.....couldn't.....resist....
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post #1434 of 3103
1/28/13 at 6:26pm
Lucky bastard. smile.gif congrats
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post #1435 of 3103
1/28/13 at 6:34pm
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Originally Posted by Thermoform View Post

Just ordered a second XS30!

I.....couldn't.....resist....

HA, no will power. eek.gif

Congrats. Thermoform. cool.gif
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post #1436 of 3103
1/28/13 at 10:54pm
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Originally Posted by Thermoform View Post

Just ordered a second XS30!

I.....couldn't.....resist....

Thermoform congrats! Once you get that second one in your setup you'll wonder why you didn't start with two right from the start! I love my dual XS30 setup.
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post #1437 of 3103
1/29/13 at 4:44am
would love to get a second xv15...I have a spot for it too.... unfortunately i like my twig and berries and don't want my wife to do any pruning in the near future tongue.gif
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post #1438 of 3103
1/29/13 at 5:12am
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Originally Posted by Thermoform View Post

Just ordered a second XS30!

I.....couldn't.....resist....

How do you like the sound of opposing drivers as opposed to single driver based subwoofers?

Where in the room did you place your first XS30?
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post #1439 of 3103
1/29/13 at 5:16am
Customer service was dead......until Tom showed up. Never seizes to amaze me.
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post #1440 of 3103
1/29/13 at 7:27am
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Originally Posted by SmokenAshes View Post

Customer service was dead......until Tom showed up. Never seizes to amaze me.
Yes sir! Did you get your XV-30 yet?
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